Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Knott Rigg

556 m

1,824 ftDrop 53 mNY 197 188

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmKnott Rigg556Wandope773.9Ard Crags581Sail773Crag Hill839.2
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmKnott Rigg556Wandope773.9Ard Crags581
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Knott Rigg is a Lake District fell of 556 m in Cumberland. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Crag Hill at 839.2 m.

It sits below Wandope, only 1.3 km to the north-west and 217.9 m higher. Its key col leads to Grasmoor, not to its nearest higher summit, Wandope. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the north, so it stands at the southern edge of its group. The highest point is recorded as ground 1m w of small pile of stones, not a cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit556 mKey col503 msea level
Key col NY 200 193, 0.6 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

556 m173rd highest of 242 in England

Drop

53 m1039th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.3 km977th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Wandope1.3 km north-west
    773.9 m
  2. 2
    Ard Crags1.3 km north-east
    581 m
  3. 3
    Sail1.4 km north
    773 m
  4. 4
    Crag Hill1.5 km north
    839.2 m
1234WandopeArd CragsSailCrag HillN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Wandope, 773.9 m, 1.3 km north-west
Parent Marilyn
Grasmoor
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Ground 1m W of small pile of stones
DoBIH no.
2465
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Knott Rigg

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures